Checklist of Iranian mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-242

  Azari Hamidian, Shahyad ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Culicidae; Iran; Middle East; Southwestern Asia; Species checklist

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; IRAN; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN;

EID: 40949146201     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[235:COIMDC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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